But wow, people were really riding my male reproductive organ back in the day; I had tubmails from Summer_Girl and Escher and Pickled male reproductive organbum, and Acid Flux begging me (BEGGING ME) to do vanilla raids…

Yeah, back when Domination & Klans were still somewhat relevant. Plus, I didn’t realize how much of a douche you were back then. Log in to see images!

I just went back and looked at what you were talking about. That was me finding out if you were joining the rest of the Klan on the scheduled raid, not me ‘begging’ you. All I said was ‘Are you coming?’. I don’t think I even bothered to reply when you messaged me back.

Yeah the past two weeks or so have been good but we had like 20 straight days above 90 or something like that. Hopefully they will put out that nasty fire in your state sometime soon. Try throwing illegals on it.

Fifty (50) straight days at 95°+, and I work out on the blacktop. My A/C went out for a few days, and it sucked hardcore. Thankfully, I have a concrete block house, which takes a while to heat up, but we still had to go to Wally World and buy three huge fans just to get by until the tech could get out to my place.

This is not even about you. Stop opening your stupid god damned mouth with another useless opinion you waste of ****ing space. You proport to be doing your best to keep inspector here, and that he’s your friend or w/e, but funny damned thing is you only seem to ever talk about yourself and how you were wronged. Ever think that if you’d let the boy speak for himself maybe we’d open up and respect him a little?

Oh, but let’s face it, you’re as literate as a preschooler. So let me speak your language for a second:

너희 엄마는 그녀가 기회가 있었을 중단 있어야합니다. 닥쳐.

I should probably ban you for abuse & trolling in Civil Discussion. But I just can’t seem to remember how to switch over to my Moderator Alt this morning. I probably need some coffee.

This thread definitely deserves to be in FoW. The fact that emokid couldn’t see the loophole in the contes was brilliant. Best trolling contest ever. I thought my contest with SEMC was pretty awesome, but this is even better!

All I’m saying is that there’s a reason I’ve had to watch “Birth of a Nation” three times now, and it’s certainly not for the story. Seeing a movie for special effects alone is a perfectly cool thing to do, when you have an appreciation for the technical side of film-making.

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As far as watching a movie just for special effects because it’s ‘art’, then why bother even trying to add a plot or story to such a movie? Sure, it’s a marvel of applied technology, but that’s essentially an entirely different genre. In this case, you happen to enjoy that type of genre. I usually prefer more substance in my movies. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the value of special effects.

You might be one of the viewers that appreciates the artistry involved in those effects. However, that’s not true of the average moviegoer. In other words, you are enjoying the technical aptitude and artistry involved. The people sitting next to you are probably just ‘oohing & ahhing over pretty pictures’. And that was, essentially, one of my points; too many people are attracted to a movie only because it ‘looks kewl’, nothing more. You’re not one of them, so you have a more intelligent perspective.

Well, first of all, I refuse to jump on the “LOL STORYTELLING” bandwagon.

Yeah, there’s no twists or turns; nothing shockingly new. But a story doesn’t have to be innovative to be good – Avatar has a solid love story and a good resistance story.

Second of all, **** you, and **** anyone who writes off special effects as “pretty pictures”. The crew of Avatar went to painstaking lengths to make the film’s world as beautiful and believable as it could possibly be, and the result is one of the most stunning film universes ever made. The use of color in Avatar rivals masters like Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and the cinematography is brilliant.

In short, the “pretty pictures” of Avatar were worth well beyond $10 for me, and I’ll probably put out another $10-$20 before it cycles out.

Where did I say that Avatar didn’t have a good story? I was replying specifically to the idea of going to see a movie simply for the special effects. Special effects should compliment the story, not overshadow it or be a substitution. Does Avatar have more to offer than just special effects? I’m not sure, since every trailer I’ve seen so far seems to focus solely on the effects, not the story. That’s been what they’ve been pushing. If it gets a decent review for having a good story, I’ll probably see it. Even if it’s not ‘new & innovative’, that’s fine. The point is that special effects alone do not make a good movie. You still need a good story to go along with it, even if it is ‘tried and true’.

As far as actually seeing the movie in the theaters, I still probably won’t, but that’s a separate issue. I simply prefer to rent a movie to watch in the comfort of my own home theater. If I like it enough, I’ll end up buying a copy for my collection.

Regarding Pixar, they are an excellent example of quality work on both sides of the issue. And their stories are definitely ‘tried & true’.